Literature Analysis #2

Book: Vampire Kisses

1. The book Vampire Kisses by Allen Schrieber is about a gothish girl that lives in a small town. Her name is Raven she's different compared to other people, Raven only has one friend named Becky. She's really obsessed with vampires, Theres a mansion in her town and she hears a rumor that vampires are living in it, at night she sneeks to the mansion to see who's living there, she finds out that a boy named Alexander and his butler live there since it used to be his grandmas. She talks to him and tries to figure out if he really is a vampire, the author doesn't really talk about him but her and Alexander end up falling in love really fast. I actually liked this book and I think it'd be better to read the second book so I can see what else goes on.

2. I think the theme is get to know someone before you do anything because you never know what can happen.

3. I got this book because the cover looked different than most books that i've read.

4. This book is realistic because of her and Alexander but then its not because of the whole vampire thing.

5. The tone of this book is romance
    “I'm going to dance" "With Becky?" "No, with Alexander" "Who's Alexander?" "The love of my life!"
    "I want a relationship I can finally sink my teeth into."
    "Call the school and tell them im lovesick."

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Dramatic Irony

"He looked so lost, so soulful, so lonely. I wanted him to kiss me now. I wanted him to let me know I was his for all eternity."

Imagery
"You seem a lot like me," "You don't gawk at me like I'm a freak."

Idiom

"Go in and get us a shrunken head!"

Vocab #8 Sentences

1. The crazy man said malignant things which caused him a night in jail.
2. The ornery student got a referral  from his teacher after his fifth chance.
3. The indolent student didn't go to school for a week.
4. The bully belittled the nerd for 3 years until the nerd stepped up for himself.
5. The guy jeopardized his families life because he owed money to a gangster and refused to pay.
6. The womans demise started when she did drugs when she was 17.
7. The wedding went awry when someone objected their marraige.
8. At yardsales, some useful stuff is frugal which is a good deal in my opinion.

Vocabulary Sentences #7

1. They inhibited the guy from using drugs by taking him to Rehab for a year.

2. The aberrant Tsunami killed about half of the city on May 12, 1994.

3. I loathe receiving homework from my teachers over the weekend.

4. The crazy but cool guys proved his prowess when he 360’d off a mountain on his motorcycle.

5. The boy was incoherent because he was eating and talking at the same time.

6. On the guys epitaph it said “Gone but never forgotten, 1996-2013”.

7. When you are building something it is best to use the manual book because it is elaborate.

8. The judge could tell the guy was guilty of the crime because of his countenance, so she gave him the death penalty.

Literature Analysis #1

I am reading a book called I so dont like mysteries It is about a little girl named Sherry that has to help save her moms life in the afterlife in order for her to talk to her as a ghost. Sherry’s mom was a cop and was never really around when she was alive. She died when Sherry was 10 in a car crash, Now that her mom has passed away for about 2 years her dad is getting remarried. Sherry doesn’t like it because first of all, She doesn’t believe anyone should try to take her moms spot and second, He’s getting remarried with one of her math teachers from school she doesn’t like because she's very strict, She calls her The Ruler. Sherry has a bestfriend named Junie. In order to save her moms life in the afterlife she needs to go to San Diego with her Great Aunt to solve a mystery at an animal park. Sherry’s too stressed about everything so she tells her best friend and she doesn’t believe her, she thinks she's delusional and that this whole thing with her having a new step mom is getting to her, but Sherry still keeps on going and doesn't stop telling her so Junie decides to help her and at the end the succeed on solving the mystery.

Love: Only helping her mom solve the mystery because she misses her and wants to spend time with her since they didn’t when she was alive.

Getting along with people you didnt think you would: At first she doesn’t like The Ruler then after she starts to like her.

Responsibility: At some point your going to have to step up to the plate and do things you didn’t think you were capable of.

Getting rid of fears: Junie didn’t like to do work at all because she didn’t think she could do it but with her moms support and her bestfriend she made it through.

“My mothers confidence in me being able to solve this mystery stopped me from backing out”

-She was happy because she never really had these moments when her mom was alive.

“Didn’t add the idiot part at the end because i didn’t want to sound rude”

-She acts like a really nice friend when Junie says dumb stuff so she can help her solve the mystery at the Animal Park.

“When she was alive, she was never around because she was to busy at work”

- Flashback

My Autobiography :)

Hello, My name is Janelle I just turned 15 years old this month. I didn’t have a quince sadly.. but its all gooooddddd. I have a twin brother. I’m a very nice person, I like to laugh alot, I consider myself friendly. I like to be straight up with people, but people tend to take it the wrong way, but you know that’s just me. I like to go out with my friends to like parties, movies, or just somewhere so i wont have to be stuck at home cause we all know that’s boring haha. I have 3 brothers and 1 sister, 1 of my brothers actually goes to school with me but the others are younger except my sister she’s the oldest. I live with only my mom, which I love with all my heart because to me shes actually a strong, independent woman and I’m grateful for everything she has done for me and my brothers.                                                                                                                                                         My life before highschool was pretty much the same. I still hangout with the friends I did before. The only thing that changed is the work that i have to do and all the responsiblity I have now. Before I wouldnt really have to worry about homework or classwork because teachers didn’t really have us on check about it, but in highschool if you dont turn in your work or something your grade drops more than you expect it to, that’s why this year im trying to get better grades in my classes. Im pushing myself to finish up what I’m required to finish on time because honestly I procrastinate way too much. Other than that, im really looking foward to this class and also this school year.                                                                                                                                                  After highschool, I plan to go to a four year university, thats forsure. I still haven’t decided on what i want to do in life yet, but It obviously has to be something I like to do. Also, in the future I want to go skydiving and be on a hot air balloon! Then, once I save up enough money when I have my career I want to go visit all the places I’ve always wanted to visit in one year! Besides, all that I want to help my mom as much as I can like pay her bills for example, also I want to send money to the kids with cancer cause I don’t think they deserve that at ALL! its just sad, I wouldn’t know what to feel or do if I was in there position! But im glad they’re always thinking positive, and fighting it!:) .. Well yup this was a little something about me. Okay bye :)

Antigone Compare/Contrast Essay

Janelle Barboza                                                                                                                                          

            The story Antigone by Sophades is a conflict about a king named Creon and a girl named Antigone, Antigones brother Polyneices dies so she wants to barry him but Creon doesn't want to because of something he did, Antigone doesn't think its fair so she buries him herself, at the end they both end up paying the consequences. The conflicts between the characters are the results of both their similarities and their differences.

                In Antigone, Creon and Antigone do have a difference because Antigone is more loyal to her family. She says, "Ismene, I am going to bury him. Will you come?"(Scene 2. 32). She tells her that even though she knows Creon doesn't want to bury him. Antigone doesn't think it's right for her brother not to be buried, so she's just going to do it herself. Also Antigone is loyal because in Scene 2 Creon is asking her questions about burying her brother and she confesses everything because of the Gods. Unlike Antigone, Creon is loyal to state, He didn't want to bury Polyneices because Eteocles didn't want to give up the throne even though thats what Oedipus had told them to do so Polyneices started a battle in his country. Creon says, "As long as I am king, no traitor is going to be honored"(Scene 1. 50). Creon is not loyal to his family because when he is talking about killing Antigone for breaking the law or making her suffer and Haemon is trying to convince him to not kill Antigone. Since Creon doesn’t like being told what to do or how to do things him and Haimon get into an argument and start insulting each other.This shows that Creon is not loyal to his family because he got angry with his son and he is willing to kill him.

One of the similarities Creon and Antigone have is pride. They both think that what they do is right. An example is she says, "I do. I deny nothing"(Scene 2. 59). This demonstrates her pride because they are asking her if she buried Polyneices and she doesn't deny anything because she believes the gods law is more important than Creons law. Another example that shows Antigones pride is when her and Creon are arguing she tells him that the only reason no one speaks up and is on her side is because the city is scared of him. Furthermore, An example that shows Creons pride is when he is talking to Tiresias, the blind prophet. Tiresias says,”And the Furies and the dark gods of Hell are swift with terrible punishment for you”(Scene 5. 82). It demonstrates his pride because Tiresias is warning him ahead of time, but Creon refuses to listen to him. Creon is paying to much attention on what he wants to do, so in the end karma gets him.

In conclusion, Antigone and Creon both share blame for the tragic outcome because of both of them having too much pride. Creon could have just allowed Antigone to bury her brother Polyneices but he didn't, which lead her to do it herself. Also, Creons pride caused his family members death because he didn't listen to Tiresias. Antigones pride caused her to suffer in the cave she was put at the end, which made her kill herself .

Vocabulary Sentences #6

1. Mr. Ostini's detention for not having our homework done was going to be ineritable because half of the class didn't have it done last time.

2. Many people have phobia of bees , eventhough they are small.

3. In our generation, I would consider people to seclude from teens nowadays because most of them are just trying to look for trouble.

4. Snotty girls rebuke people they don't even know just to get atttention.

5. Miley Cyrus is notorious for twerking on stage at the VMA awards with Robin Thicke.
6. The weather in Santa Maria usually fluctuates from 70-85 degrees.
7. If you are candid with your boyfriend/girlfriend then you guys will hopefully last a long time.
8. My friend considers her ex boyfriend sophomoric because he cheated on her so he practically just wasted her time on him.